Felix Bonfils
Statue of Rameses

ArtistFrench, 1831–1885
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Statue of Rameses
Datec. 1870–1880
PlaceEgypt
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of Frances Marzio
Object number96.1816
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAnne Wilkes Tucker, Houston; given to MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Splendors of Ancient Egypt" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston September 22, 1996 thru March 29, 1997

"Egyptomania," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 18 March - 5 August 2012.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: On old mount: "Statue of Ramases said to have been over thrown by Cambyses."
The photograph is signed in the image in the lower left, in white (lettering is hard to read).

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